Singapore story memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew
The Singapore Story is the first volume of the memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, the man who planted the island state of Singapore firmly on the map of the world. It was first published in 1999. In intimate detail, Lee recounts the battles against colonialists, communists and communalists that led to Singa...
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Marshall Cavendish Editions The Straits Times Press
2015
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Table of Contents:
- Suddenly, Independence
- Growing Up
- The Japanese Invaders
- After the Liberation
- My Cambridge Days
- Work, Wedding and Politics
- My First Clashes with the Government
- Widening the Oxley Road Circle
- The World of the Chinese-educated
- Enter the PAP
- Round One to the Communists
- Marshall Accentuates the Crisis
- A Flasco in London
- Exit Marshall, Enter Lim Yew Hock
- Three-quarters Independent
- Flushing Out the Communists
- Rendezvous with the Plen
- Election 1959
- We Fight to Win
- Taking Charge
- Glimpses of Troubles Ahead
- Trounced in Hong Lim
- The Tunku's Merger Bombshell
- Eden Hall Tea Party
- Communists Exposed
- Moving Towards Merger
- Getting to Know the Tunku
- A Vote for Merger
- Europe Beckons Britain
- Pressure from Sukarno
- Bitter Run-up to Malaysia
- The Tide Turns
- Singapore Declares Independence
- Konfrontasi
- Winning Friends in Africa
- Venturing into the Malay Heartland
- Albar Stokes Up Malay Passions
- Singapore-KL Tensions Mount
- Constitutional Rearrangements?
- Seeking Support Down Under
- UMNO's "Crush Lee" Campaign
- The Quest for a Malaysian Malaysia
- The Tunku Wants Us Out
- "Talak, Talak, Talak" (I Divorce Thee)